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C. H. LEE.

PAPER FILE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1919.

1,339,768, Patented May 11, 1920.

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CHARLES H. LEE, OF GARWOOD, MISSOURI.

PAPER-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed February 20, 1919. Serial No. 278,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gar- Wood, in the county of Reynolds and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to means for holding papers in proper position for ready reference and relates more particularly to a file of the character upon which the papers are strung, the file in the present instance being of a nature embodying complementary members which are relatively movable to admit of the papers being shifted or transferred from one member to the other so that any particular paper may be reached and removed without disturbing the filing order of the remaining papers.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawing hereto attached,

Figure 1 is a side view of a paper file embodying the invention, a portion of the base being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line 3-8 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail similar to Fig. 3 of a modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawing by like reference characters.

The device comprises a base 1 and complemental members 2 and 3. The member 2 is relatively fixed, whereas the member 3 has a pivotal movement and is carried by means of an arm 4 which is pivoted at 5. The members 2 and 3 are formed on the arcs of circles, the centers of which coincide with the pivot center of the arm 4. The member 3 and arm 4 preferably consist of parts of a rod which is bent to form the arm 4 and the curved member 3. The arm 4 may be pivotally supported in any manner and as shown a plate 6 is secured to the base 1 and is provided with upstanding ears 7 between which the lower end of the arm 4 is received and mounted upon the pin 5 which pivotally connects the arm to the ears 7. A flat spring 8 secured at one end to the plate 6 exerts a pressure upon the arm 4 to normally hold the. member 3 in an engagement with the member 2, whereby the members 2 and 3 are maintained in closed position so as to prevent loss of papers placed thereon.

The members 2 and 3 maintain a close relation and are slidable the one upon the other. In the preferable construction the member 2 is half round in cross section, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the hollow or concave side receiving the member 3, thereby holding the two members in given position and preventing any relative lateral displacement. The extremities of the members 2 and 3 are pointed so as to readily penetrate the papers. The member 3 is yieldable so as to adapt the file to receive a great number of papers. When a particular paper is desired the papers at each side of the one selectedmay be moved so as to occupy the members 2 and 3 and the member 3 may be moved to clear the member 2 so that the required paper may be removed from the file for any purpose. It will thus be understood that any paper may be removed or replaced without disturbing the filing order of the remaining papers.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the member 2 is of tubular form and receives the member 3 which is adapted to telescope therewith. It is to be understood that the members may have any cross sectional outline, but it is preferred to construct them of circular form as illustrated.

The foregoing description and the drawing have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved, form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A paper file, comprising a base, a plate on the base provided with spaced upstanding ears, an arm pivoted between the cars, a

spring secured to the plate opposite the space between the ears and exerting a pressure on the arm, a curved member at the outer end of the arm and forming a part thereof, and a complementai member secured to the base and in close contact with the curved member of the said arm, both members being formed on the arcs of circles Whose centers coincide with the pivot center of the said arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHAS. H. LEE. Witnesses:

JOHN H. CHITWOOD,

J. O. BARNES. 

